Olives — Yield in Cyprus
Cyprus: Olives — Yield was 1,823 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Olives — Yield in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 1,823 kg/ha for olives — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, olives — yield in Cyprus peaked at 3,198 kg/ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 75.9 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Cyprus 28th out of 41 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Olives — Yield in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,373 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 307.6 kg/ha | -77.6% |
| 1963 | 591.6 kg/ha | +92.3% |
| 1964 | 319 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 1965 | 1,136 kg/ha | +256.3% |
| 1966 | 822.1 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1967 | 1,442 kg/ha | +75.4% |
| 1968 | 714.8 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1969 | 903.7 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1970 | 356 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 1971 | 712 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 949.3 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 75.9 kg/ha | -92.0% |
| 1974 | 759.5 kg/ha | +900.7% |
| 1975 | 1,234 kg/ha | +62.5% |
| 1976 | 943.4 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1977 | 797 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1978 | 1,937 kg/ha | +143.0% |
| 1979 | 1,945 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 2,649 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 1981 | 1,833 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1982 | 2,194 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1983 | 492.9 kg/ha | -77.5% |
| 1984 | 1,908 kg/ha | +287.2% |
| 1985 | 1,829 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 1,908 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 1,272 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1988 | 2,857 kg/ha | +124.5% |
| 1989 | 1,429 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1990 | 1,667 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1991 | 1,111 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1992 | 3,115 kg/ha | +180.3% |
| 1993 | 1,901 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1994 | 2,105 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1995 | 2,348 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1996 | 2,166 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1997 | 1,475 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1998 | 1,621 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 2,090 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2000 | 2,917 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 2001 | 2,244 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 3,198 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2003 | 1,409 kg/ha | -55.9% |
| 2004 | 1,750 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2005 | 1,195 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 2006 | 1,574 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2007 | 1,178 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2008 | 1,487 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2009 | 1,109 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2010 | 1,277 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2011 | 989.6 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2012 | 1,208 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 1,195 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 1,586 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2015 | 1,340 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2016 | 948.1 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2017 | 1,800 kg/ha | +89.9% |
| 2018 | 1,862 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 2,307 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2020 | 2,271 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 1,828 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2022 | 2,339 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2023 | 1,898 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2024 | 1,823 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 1,823 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,488 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 1,823 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,227 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Olives — Yield in Cyprus changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +900.7% | 75.9 kg/ha | 759.5 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +287.2% | 492.9 kg/ha | 1,908 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 845.57 kg/ha | 307.6 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 970.88 kg/ha | 75.9 kg/ha | 1,945 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,837 kg/ha | 492.9 kg/ha | 2,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,960 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 3,115 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,806 kg/ha | 1,109 kg/ha | 3,198 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,451 kg/ha | 948.1 kg/ha | 2,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,032 kg/ha | 1,823 kg/ha | 2,339 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 25 Italy 2,123 kg/ha compare
- 26 El Salvador 1,984 kg/ha compare
- 27 Algeria 1,926 kg/ha compare
- 29 France 1,729 kg/ha compare
- 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,625 kg/ha compare
- 31 Yugoslav SFR 1,505 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is olives — yield in Cyprus?
- Olives — yield in Cyprus was 1,823 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest olives — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 3,198 kg/ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest olives — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.9 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Cyprus rank for olives — yield?
- Cyprus ranks 28th out of 41 countries with data for 2024.
- Is olives — yield rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Olives — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.